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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
verification
planning package
specification limits
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
2. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements
technical performance measurement (Technique)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
project management
plan risk response (Process)
3. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
start to start (SS)
budget at completion (BAC)
perform quality control (Process)
scope change
4. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
logical relationship
project management team
validation
perform quality control (Process)
5. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel
verify scope (Process)
Delphi technique (Technique)
risk acceptance (Technique)
project phase
6. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand
free float
application area
risk tolerance
to complete performance index (TCPI)
7. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure
work package
requested change(Output/Input)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
time and material contract (T&M)
8. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
statement of work (SOW)
conduct procurements (Process)
fast tracking (Technique)
technique
9. Slack - Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
perform quality control (Process)
produce scope
float
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
10. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity
schedule baseline
start to start (SS)
material
request for quotation (RFQ)
11. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
activity list (Output/Input)
product life cycle
performing organization
claim
12. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
Monte Carlo analysis
requirement
free float
material
13. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause
earned value (EV)
application area
schedule network analysis (Technique)
pareto chart (Tool)
14. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs
project manager
role
project management knowledge area
decision tree analysis (Technique)
15. The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements
quality
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
reserve
regulation
16. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)
backward pass
product
scope baseline
claim
17. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
objective
effort
project charter (Output/Input)
imposed date
18. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project
statement of work (SOW)
change requests
resource breakdown structure
plan risk management (Process)
19. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project
project phase
performing organization
risk category
validation
20. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives
calendar unit
define scope (Process)
collect requirements (Process)
specification
21. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities
portfolio management (Technique)
develop human resource plan (Process)
forward pass
template
22. A component of work performed during the course of a project
activity
methodology
budget at completion (BAC)
finish to start (FS)
23. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
milestone schedule (Tool)
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
technique
role
24. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event
workaround
quality management plan (Output/Input)
data date
code of accounts (Tool)
25. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization
buyer
activity duration
work package
residual risk
26. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
sponsor
projectized organization
expected monetary value (EMV)
27. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations
project management system (Tool)
slack
schedule network analysis (Technique)
develop project charter (Process)
28. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.
brainstorming (Technique)
perform integrated change control (Process)
virtual team
requirement
29. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
analogous estimating (Technique)
backward pass
finish to start (FS)
administer procurements (Process)
30. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives
decomposition (Technique)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
project management process group
threat
31. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result
project management process group
functional manager
project
activity identifier
32. Defined function to be performed by a project team member
product
role
performance measurement baseline
plan quality (Process)
33. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.
value engineering
approved change request (Output/Input)
Monte Carlo simulation
progressive elaboration (Technique)
34. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
human resource plan
assumptions analysis (Technique)
scope
project calendar
35. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.
opportunity
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
duration (DU or DUR)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
36. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
project initiation
free float
develop human resource plan (Process)
risk category
37. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
develop project management plan (Process)
activity duration
quality
value engineering
38. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
administer procurements (Process)
portfolio management (Technique)
calendar unit
scope management plan(Output/Input)
39. Developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to complete project activities
estimate costs (Process)
schedule compression
resource histogram
develop schedule (Process)
40. Fixed price contract where the buyer pays the seller a set amount regardless of the sellers costs
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
human resource plan
resource calendar
performance reports (Output/Input)
41. Planning technique used to provide products - services and results that truly reflect customer requirements by translating those customer requirements into the appropriate technical requirements for each phase of project product development
decomposition (Technique)
voice of the customer
template
sponsor
42. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
technical performance measurement (Technique)
planned value (PV)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
late start date (LS)
43. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
request for proposal (RFP)
trend analysis (Technique)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
time and material contract (T&M)
44. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team
external deliverable
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
scheduled finish date (SF)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
45. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity
projectized organization
node
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
log
46. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates
scheduled start date (SS)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
resource histogram
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
47. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work
earned value management (EV
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
path divergence
role
48. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
activity
monitor and control risks (Process)
constraint (Input)
49. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
root cause analysis (Technique)
define activities (Process)
earned value management (EV
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
50. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
secondary risk
hammock activity
manage project team (Process)
execute